Cary Grant

Birth Name: Archibald Alexander Leach

Birthdate: January 18, 1904

Birthplace: Bristol, England

Date of Death: November 29, 1986

Occupation: Actor Claim to Fame:

1937: Confirmed his star status with the landmark screwball comedy, The Awful Truth

Significant Other(s): Randolph Scott: Actor, shared living quarters for many years from when both were struggling performers as well as between marriages Wife: Virginia Cherrill (aka Virginia Cherrill Martini), actress; married 1933; divorced 1935; died November 1996 at age 88 Wife: Barbara Hutton, heiress to the Woolworth fortune; socialite; married 1942; divorced 1945 Wife: Betsy Drake, actress; married 1949; divorced 1959; acted opposite Grant in her film debut, Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) and Room for One More (1952) Wife: Dyan Cannon, actress; married 1965 to 1968 Wife: Barbara Harris, married 1981 until his death

Family: Mother: Elsie Leach, Institutionalized in mental hospital when Grant was aged 12 Father: Elias Leach, pants presser Daughter: Jennifer Grant, born February 26, 1966; mother, Dyan Cannon

Awards: 1969: Honorary Oscar: Presented by Frank Sinatra 1981: Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award